Morocco Rescuers Race to Find Survivors as Earthquake Toll Tops 2,800

Morocco Rescuers Race to Find Survivors as Earthquake Toll Tops 2,800
A person carries an item of furniture, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in a hamlet on the outskirts of Talaat N'Yaaqoub, Morocco, on Sept. 11, 2023. Hannah McKay/Reuters
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IMGDAL, Morocco—Rescuers raced against time on Sept. 11 to find survivors in the rubble more than 48 hours after Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in more than six decades, with more than 2,800 killed in a disaster that devastated villages in the High Atlas Mountains.

Search teams from Spain, the UK, and Qatar were joining efforts to find survivors of the 6.8 magnitude quake that struck late on Sept. 8 about 45 miles southwest of Marrakech.